US EditionFormer Congo leader Kabila appears at Kenya political meeting despite absentia death sentence
Joseph Kabila joined a new political movement opposing President Tshisekedi after being sentenced to death in absentia on treason and war crimes charges, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Joseph Kabila appeared publicly in Nairobi for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia, attending a ceremony with Congolese leaders opposing President Felix Tshisekedi.
- After strained relations, Kabila fled Congo earlier this year following his 2017 election delay and a power-sharing deal that preserved his coalition's control.
- The group signed a declaration to form a political movement aimed at saving the country, reaching Congolese opposition leaders to end tyranny and restore state authority, democracy and reconciliation.
- Congo's government accuses Kabila of collaborating with Rwanda and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, and his Nairobi appearance is expected to trigger diplomatic protests by Kinshasa.
- Kabila's decades-long role and recent denials shape how his appearance in Nairobi is being read, especially given his support for rebels in a Sunday Times article and his long political history.
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After two days of discussion in Nairobi, a part of the Congolese opposition launched on 16 October a new platform, Savons la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), headed by former President Joseph Kabila. This new platform brings together political forces with opponents such as Augustin Matata Ponyo, Franck Diongo, Seth Kikuni and André Claudel Lubaya, as well as Bienvenu Matumo for civil society. This initiative was not commented on by the re…
ANALYSIS. In Nairobi, Kabila and several Congolese opponents unite against Tshisekedi's power and declare an instrumentalized justice for political ends.
Former DR Congo president Kabila seen in Kenya weeks after being sentenced to death
The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was seen in public on Wednesday, for the first time since he was sentenced to death in absentia on charges of treason and war crimes for collaborating with rebels.
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